Weather Journal: Another Day of Post-Hurricane Rain

Strong showers and thunderstorms should continue to drench Greater New York over the next day or two as the tropical remnants of Hurricane Isaac move on through.

Delays averaged one to two hours at area airports on Tuesday evening amid a series of strong thunderstorms. The rain also caused a slow-down in the schedule at the U.S. Open in Queens. Rain chances should lessen throughout the day Wednesday afternoon before subsiding almost completely by Thursday. Temperatures will remain quite warm for this time of year (and feel even more so, with the tons of humidity in the air).

According to radar estimates, parts of Atlantic, Burlington, and Ocean counties in New Jersey have received over 10 inches of rain in the last two days. There aren’t any National Weather Service river gauges in the area, but it’s possible that the Mullica River and the Wading River will rise above flood stage in the next day or so. Most of the flash flood warnings that were in effect Tuesday have since been cancelled, but with heavy rain still in the forecast, those warnings could be reinstated at any time.